DFx Manufacturing Engineer: Avionics & Electronics

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Equity grants

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a DFx Engineer to advance design for manufacturability, assembly, and cost analysis across avionics, electronics, wiring, and harnessing for our autonomous aircraft and munitions programs. Under guidance from senior engineers, you will evaluate designs for producibility, work with contract manufacturers, and help build cost models.

Travel to supplier sites (~20%) and cross-functional collaboration with supply chain, quality, and operations are core

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of experience in manufacturing/process engineering or related role with electronics exposure.
• Foundational knowledge of electronics/harnessing manufacturing processes: SMT, soldering, conformal coating, wire harness fabrication, or electromechanical assembly.

Responsibilities

• Support DFx analysis across avionics, electronics, wiring, and harnessing subsystems focusing on manufacturability, assembly, and cost.
• Participate in structured DFM/DFA/DFC reviews at key design milestones and apply scoring to identify producibility and cost risks.
• Work with SMEs and design engineers to provide manufacturing and cost feedback and translate constraints into actionable recommendations.
• Evaluate and qualify contract manufacturers through facility reviews, process audits, and capability assessments.
• Help build and maintain should-cost models and cost-driver analyses for electronics and harnessing assemblies.
• Develop and maintain DFx standards, guidelines, and scorecards for electronics manufacturing processes.
• Analyze designs across manufacturability/assembly, cost structure, spec adherence, process capability, and technology maturity.
• Collaborate with supply chain to connect DFx requirements to sourcing strategy and supplier selection.
• Spend time on production floors and supplier sites to understand how electronics and harnesses are manufactured.
• Contribute to the DFx toolkit, templates, scoring rubrics, cost models, and training materials.
• Travel to production sites and supplier facilities (~20%, depending on needs).

Skills

DFx analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Schematic/PCB reading

Cost analysis

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/Manufacturing/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering

Tools

ECAD tools (Altium/KiCad)

Cost modeling tools

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a DFx Engineer to advance design for manufacturability, assembly, and cost analysis across avionics, electronics, wiring, and harnessing for our autonomous aircraft and munitions programs. Under guidance from senior engineers, you will evaluate designs for producibility, work with contract manufacturers, and help build cost models.

Travel to supplier sites (~20%) and cross-functional collaboration with supply chain, quality, and operations are core